Houlton's municipal power company has signed a five-year contract with Thermal Energy Storage of Biddeford. It will allow customers who buy the company's thermal heat storage devices to save the equivalent of about $1.35 a gallon over the cost of oil heat. As Thermal Energy Chief Operating Officer Sam Zaitlin tells MPBN Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz, there could also be wider benefits down the road.

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Sam Zaitlin, the chief operating officer of Thermal Energy Storage of Maine, in Biddeford, talks with Irwin Gratz about the company's thermal heat storage devices. Company Chief Executive Adam Cote will be honored by the White House tomorrow as one of 12 "Champions of Change." All are veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars who, the White House says, are advancing clean energy and "increased climate resilience."